Perhaps They’ll Ease Their Pain With A Free Cup Of Coffee?
Well, Tim Horton’s has done it again – disappointed their customers. Of course, that’s nothing new, but I’m not referring here to the mediocre coffee that is inexplicably a national…
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More About Doug The Slug
In my previous post, I wrote rather scathingly of Doug Ford and his refusal to put back into the building code a requirement for new home builds to have a…
The Curse Of News Literacy
There are some days I almost wish I weren’t a newspaper reader. That way I wouldn’t be confronted daily with the world’s stupidity and perhaps not constantly haunted by a…
Small Minds And Big Power
It will probably come as no surprise to regular readers of this blog that I have a rather low opinion of our species. There are too many small-minded people thinking…
On This Eclipse Day
The crazed populist and evangelical set is trumpeting today’s eclipse as yet another indicator of the end times. Marjorie Taylor Greene, never one to pass up an opportunity to display…
"The Trumpiest Story Of All Time"?
Maybe. Maybe not, since there is still more time until the end of time. Nonetheless, the following story does seem to suggest that there is no end to the unbridled…
Truly, Irredeemably Bad
I take this blog seriously. In it, I try to offer informed aggregation and commentary, and hope that I am never needlessly cruel or uncouth. However, in order to make…
I Am At A Loss For Words
Some days, I truly despair, and words fail me. “He’s definitely been chosen by God,” said Marie Zere, a commercial real estate broker from Long Island who attended the Conservative…
The Hits Keep Coming
No doubt the PP crowd on the West Coast is all abuzz over the fact that they will soon enjoy his presence as part of his Axe The Tax tour.…
I’m Sure It Is All Very Innocent
On the ‘contradictory’ relationship PP has with corporate lobbyists: H/t trapdinawrpool.bsky.social Recommend this Post
For Your Consideration
In a time when reflexive rather than reflective responses are elicited by some of our politicians, a little food for thought from Patrick Corrigan. Axe the tax, spike the hike,…
The High Price Of Populism
In this age of economic deprivation for so many, it is understandable that people seek relief wherever they can find it. Some do without, some shop at discount stores, some…
Donald Trump: Can I Get a Big Amen?
From the theatre of the absurd comes Donald Trump’s latest scam. He will be getting royalties from this special edition Bible. Truly, we are in The End Times. Recommend this…
A Kevin O’Leary Takedown
John Stewart – love the guy. Kevin O’Leary – detest the guy. Blowhards have always rubbed me the wrong way. Happily, the two diametrically opposed personages are together in the…
The History American Politicians Try To Keep Hidden
I have done a great deal of reading in the past couple of years on The Civil War, slavery, Reconstruction, the Jim Crow laws that followed it, Black Codes, and…
Mr. Mulroney’s Legacy
Willy Loman – Death of A Salesman Brian Mulroney – Late Canadian Salesman In a previous post, I discussed what I considered to be one of the shortcomings of the…
An Update On Stupidity
Just a brief post, but reading The Guardian today, I am reminded that Jesus said, “The poor will always be with you.” He could just as easily have said the…
Note To Mr. Weston
Please see my previous post for elaboration on Mr. Weston’s dubious practices. Recommend this Post
Is He In Hiding?
Given that he is never seen publicly anymore, I am beginning to wonder if Galen Weston Jr, the president of Loblaw Companies Ltd., is in witness protection. If not, given…
Stupidity: The Antidote
Owing to a rather sensitive gag reflex, I only watched about two minutes of Senator Katie Britt’s ‘response’ to Joe Biden’s State of The Union address in which I gather,…